The eight animals most likely to attack you – and how to survive Explorers Levison Wood and Michelle Jana Chan impart their wisdom on dangerous wildlife Lions kill – but hippo kill far more Credit: Getty Charged by a rhino, stalked by a shark and cornered by crocodiles – just a normal day at the office for intrepid explorers. In the event of being stared down by a lion, most of us would probably just faint – or run. Those are probably two of the worst things you can do. So how should you react? Telegraph Travel spoke to two people with first-hand experience of being tracked and attacked by some of the world’s deadliest animals.